Model UN: Breeding pointless leadership – The Express Tribune Blog
I do agree with the writer when she says that nowadays, more emphasis is given my many participants as well as the organisers of MUNs on the social events that take place after the sessions,rather than giving more importance to the sessions and their purpose themselves.
However, since I have personally taken part in an MUN(the lyceum Mun, aka LYMUN), I would beg to differ with Hira Siddiqui's statement that these MUNs are pointless since they achieve nothing. They create an awareness of world politics and issues in young students, a fact which has been dismissed by Ms. Siddiqui, but is nonetheless highly pertinent, because being politically aware,as well as being aware of the major issues surrounding you is much better than being ignorant. Having awareness might, at some point in the student's life, prompt him/her to join the efforts being carried out to resolve world issues such as poverty,HIV/AIDS,gender discrimination,etc. Also, contrary to what Ms. Siddiqui has pointed out, MUNs do involve debates on the Palestine/Kashmir issue-infact,these two are included in the key issues discussed in these conferences.
From a personal point of view, I would encourage all school and university students to take part in atleast one MUN during their high school/college years as it would help them gain immense knowledge about world politics and issues.
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